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Alan AtKisson @AlanAtKisson
Joined February 2008
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Preparing to deactivate my account after 18 years. Please follow me at BlueSky bsky.app/profile/alanatkisso… LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/alanatkisson… Substack substack.com/@alanatkisson FB facebook.com/alanatkisson or my personal website and blog, alanatkisson.com/
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Why I wrote "American Troubadour" — and why the song feels more urgent than ever before. Please read, listen, and share. My blog: alanatkisson.com/2025/12/02/… Substack: alanatkisson.substack.com/p/…
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New "Words & Music": Could learning to talk with whales change the world? Read at my blog or on Substack. Subscribe (free) and please share. Substack alanatkisson.substack.com/ Blog alanatkisson.com/blog/
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I am reviving my blog/newsletter under its most recent name, "Words and Music by Alan AtKisson." Links below. Read/subscribe on my website, or at Substack. My website: alanatkisson.com/blog/ My Substack: alanatkisson.substack.com/
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New "Words & Music" newsletter on Substack: "I got sick and rediscovered Paul Simon" open.substack.com/pub/alanat…
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So I’m not exactly alone in criticising @BillGates for his framing of the climate agenda as a binary choice. Do a rewrite Bill. And get better advisors. (Not me - except maybe on editorial. And by the way, I don’t charge.) (See my previous post.) theguardian.com/environment/…

Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo

Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say

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Some (unasked-for) editorial advice to @BillGates: please do a rewrite of your climate memo. alanatkisson.com/2025/11/04/…
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"The Plum Tree – A True Story about the Power of Optimism". These plums, and this marmalade, are proof of the power of #optimism to create change — even when things look bleak. With a PS on overcoming perceived failure. At my blog >> alanatkisson.com/2025/10/29/…
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"Baltic Futures = Europe's Future". Want to understand the future of Europe? Read this book. I just reviewed it on my blog. Well done, @olivernmoody alanatkisson.com/2025/10/15/…

Baltic Futures = Europe’s Future

Consider the Baltic Sea: Brackish. Beautiful. Highly polluted. Linking (or dividing) the following countries: Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark – and Russia. It …

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This article might be boring. But it's important to me. alanatkisson.com/2025/10/07/…
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”One of the most important observations is that goodness is not closely related to intelligence.” Very interesting conversation between Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa on the times we’re living in. theguardian.com/books/2025/o…

How to live a good life in difficult times: Yuval Noah Harari, Rory Stewart and Maria Ressa in...

From superintelligent AI to the climate and democracy, three leading thinkers discuss how to navigate the future

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Did you see this news? The dodo has always been, for me, a symbol of stupid, human-caused extinction. I always believed we'd learn how to reverse it. Just not so soon. Next step (which I predicted in 1999): genetic uplift? It deserves to be made smarter. theguardian.com/science/2025…

Scientists claim they’ve made ‘pivotal step’ in bringing back the dodo for first time in 300 years

Thousands of dodos could return within a decade according to Colossal Biosciences, a ‘de-extinction’ company – but experts warn of ‘moral hazard’

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Uh, WHAT? “As late as 1975, General Motors was blaming the Endangered Species Act for transmission problems in the cars it sold. The automatic transmission fluid had been made of sperm whale oil, and the company saw no easy alternative.” File: Weird facts theguardian.com/news/2025/se…

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

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In case you missed my keynote on "Future Thinking," it has now been published as a commentary in the "ROSA Journal" (an academic journal). scienceasset.com/journal/ros…
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This is me. Talking. With two really interesting and powerful women who are leaders in Asia, on #sustainability and #systems change. m.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHiF_…

Episode 3 - From Radical Idea to Global Practice: Alan ATKISSON on...

#solglobalforum2025 In this episode of The Mastery Effect, co-hos...

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Honored to be a guest on "The Mastery Effect", a fascinating podcast hosted by Ms. Poorani Thanusha and Dr. Ramesh Ramachandra. Focus: change, #sustainability, AI, and the human challenge making transformation happen in large organisations. youtube.com/watch?v=VvHiF_sF…

Episode 3 - From Radical Idea to Global Practice: Alan ATKISSON on...

#solglobalforum2025 In this episode of The Mastery Effect, co-hos...

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The day after my post on #Hiroshima and plea/prayer/hope/demand that #nuclearweapons never again be used, I was so pleased to see this photographic essay on the city today, in the Guardian. Peace, in pictures. theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Wild swimming and TikTok dances: Hiroshima today – in pictures

Aya Fujioka set out to shake the weight of history from her home city and capture her own relationship with it. But she couldn’t help picking up echoes from the past …

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Reactivating my account in recognition of the 80th anniversary of the first use of #nuclearweapons at #Hiroshima. 70000 died instantly. As many as 200000 in total including radiation victims. From the first primitive a-bomb. Now we have thousands. May they never, ever be used.
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Dear friends: I have retired. After 44 yrs in professional work, 36 dedicated to #sustainability, I left my role as Executive Secretary & CEO of GWP early due to illness. So proud of my team. So grateful for my career. Please stay in touch. More info: alanatkisson.com/2025/01/01/…

Announcing my retirement from public service

Letter and social media post sent 1 January 2025 To friends and colleagues around the world: I am retiring. After 44 years of professional work, 36 of them spent working to advance sustainability a…

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Attending #WorldWaterWeek, I am reminded by Prof Kenzo Hiroki of the Bandung Water Summit which linked peace and water in a call by heads of state, drawing on a 1955 summit that proposed a global “live and let live” philosophy. We need more of that! —> GWP.org
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